3D SYSTEM AND TOOLS FOR ENHANCED 3D AUDIO AUTHORING AND RENDERING

摘要

Improved tools for authoring and rendering audio playback data are provided. Some of these authoring tools allow audio playback data to be generalized to a wide variety of playback environments. The audio playback data may be authored by generating metadata for the audio objects. The metadata may be generated with reference to the speaker zones. During the rendering process, the audio playback data may be played according to the playback speaker layout of the particular playback environment.